Igor Martins

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Igor Martins is a researcher in Economic History at Lund University, Sweden, where he also teaches. He holds a degree in Economics from Fundação Getulio Vargas, completed his master’s and PhD in Economic History at Lund University, and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge, UK. His research focuses on the economic history of Atlantic slavery, labour and credit markets, and the long-run impacts of colonial institutions. He has published in journals such as *Explorations in Economic History* and the *European Review of Economic History*. He was an organiser of the 2025 World Economic History Congress and received the Teacher of the Year award at the Lund University School of Economics and Management.

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Igor Martins é pesquisador em História Econômica na Universidade de Lund, Suécia, onde também leciona. Formado em Economia pela Fundação Getulio Vargas, fez mestrado e doutorado em História Econômica na Universidade de Lund e foi pesquisador de pós-doutorado na Universidade de Cambridge, Reino Unido. Sua pesquisa foca na história econômica da escravidão no Atlântico, mercados de trabalho e crédito, e os impactos de longo prazo de instituições coloniais. Publicou em periódicos como Explorations in Economic History e European Review of Economic History. Foi organizador do Congresso Mundial de História Econômica de 2025 e recebeu o prêmio de Professor do Ano na Lund University School of Economics and Management.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Senior lecturer, Lund University
  • 2022–2023
    Postdoctoral research associate, University of Cambridge
  • 2022–2023
    Affiliated Postdoctoral Member, Clare Hall
  • 2020–2023
    Postdoctoral fellow, Lund University
  • 2017–2018
    Visiting researcher, Stellenbosch University

Education

  • 2020 
    Lund University, Sweden, Ph.D., Economic History
  • 2016 
    Lund University, Sweden, M.Sc., Economic History
  • 2011 
    Fundacão Getúlio Vargas, Brazil, B.Sc., Economics

Professional Memberships

  • Economic History Association
  • Economic History Society
  • Laboratory for the Economic of Africa's Past
  • African Economic History Network
  • Swedish Economic History Association

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  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision